CHHAT PUJA CONCLUDES

New Delhi, Patna, Varanasi, Nov.17 : Millions of people across India's northern and eastern states congregated at river banks to pray to the rising Sun as the three-day long Chhat Puja concluded on November 17. "Chhat" which means worship of Sun god, symbolising life force and prosperity is an annual Hindu festival celebrated mainly in eastern Bihar. Devotees offering prayers and performing holy rituals thronged banks of river Yamuna in New Delhi, Ganga in Patna and Varanasi.